During Sunday night’s loss to the San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell elected to try to convert on fourth-and-goal twice instead of kicking field goals, and the Lions were shut down both times. But Campbell still has no regrets about the decisions.
During his postgame press conference, Dan Campbell defended his controversial decisions to go for it on fourth down, saying the he “understands the scrutiny” that he will receive as a result, but that he does not regret the choices he made.
“I just felt really good about us converting, and getting our momentum and not letting them play long ball,” Campbell said. “You know, they were bleeding the clock out, that’s what they do. And I wanted to get the upper hand back. It’s easy hindsight, and I get it. You know, I get that. But I don’t regret those decisions. And that’s hard, you know? It’s hard. Because we didn’t come through, it wasn’t able to work out. But I just — I don’t, I don’t. And I understand the scrutiny I’ll get. And that’s part of the gig, man. But, you know, it just didn’t work out.”
They were certainly aggressive decisions, they just didn’t pay off.
